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Russian Court Slaps Google With A Fine Larger Than All The Money On Earth
The total claims
by 17 Russian TV chan- nels against Google have reached an astronomical 1.81 duodecillion rubles— a number with 39 zeros, with the USD equivalent being $1.85 followed
by 37 zeros, Russian media outlet RBC report- ed on January 29.
In US dollars, this stag- gering sum far exceeds the combined GDP
of every country on Earth.
The amount represents penalties accumulated
as of January 15 for Google’s failure to restore the YouTube accounts
of Russian media outlets, as required by a Russian court ruling.
The legal battle began
in 2020 when Tsargrad
TV and RIA FAN sued Google LLC (USA), Google Ireland, and Google’s Russian sub- sidiary, demanding the reinstatement of their blocked YouTube chan- nels. In 2021, a Russian court ruled in their favor, ordering Google to restore access within nine months.
When Google failed
to comply, daily fines
of 100,000 rubles ($1,100) were imposed. The penal- ty doubles every week indefinitely—without any cap—until the accounts are reinstated.
Over
time, additional Russian state-affiliated media out- lets joined the case, including:
• Zvezda, Channel One, and VGTRK (operators
of Russia 1, Russia 24, and others)
• Parliament TV, Moscow Media,
TV Center, NTV, Gazprom Media Entertainment
• Public Television
of Russia, Channel 360, TRK Petersburg, Orthodox Television Fund
• National Sports Channel, Technological Company Center, and Margarita Simonyan’s YouTube channel
By October 2024, the total fines already reached
2 undecillion rubles
(a number with 36 zeros).
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Three days later the weatherman announced, "There will be two to twelve inches of snow today and you must park..."
Just then the power went out and they didn't get the rest of the instructions. "Great," said Joe. "What are we supposed to do now?"
"Aw, Joe" Sue replied, "just leave the car in the garage."
Store keeper: Good morning Sir! How may I help you?
Customer: Why is this water bottle cost so much? It's $20 per liter!
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We were at a red light when a car pulled up, its music blasting.
“He’ll be deaf before he’s 25,” I said.
“That won’t help us,” my wife replied. “He’ll only turn it up.”
Humpty: I want to paint my bicycle but i don't have money to buy the paint!
Dumpty: Once when i needed
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The Next Day...
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Tom to his mom: "Mom, please tell me a story?"
Mom: "Sorry, honey, I don't have any new stories to tell. But you should ask your dad why he was late coming home today. He will then tell you some amazing stories."
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